[custom_adv] In the new home cooking reality show series, directed by Saeed Aboutaleb, in it's sixth season, has participating actresses such as Fatemeh Goodarzi, Nasim Adabi, Fariba Naderi, Shohreh Soltani competing. In the first episode , these four actresses compete with each other with a Qajar fitter theme. [custom_adv] Start your supper with a simple salad: it's low in calories and research out of Penn State shows that eating a first-course salad can cut your overall calorie intake at a meal by up to 12 percent. Plus, a vegetable-packed salad delivers fiber, a must-have when you're dieting. [custom_adv] Fiber helps you stay satisfied longer-and, according to one study, upping your fiber intake may help prevent extra pounds from creeping on and even promote weight loss. [custom_adv] Beef, chicken, pork, fish, tofu or beans-it doesn't matter which you pick-all are protein-rich. Gram for gram, protein will keep you feeling fuller longer compared to carbohydrates and fat (read: help keep those midnight snack attacks at bay). [custom_adv] And don't forget about dairy: recent research, published in the Journal of Nutrition, found that the protein in dairy (called whey protein) may help ward off weight gain and help build lean body mass. [custom_adv] When researchers put volunteers on a three-month weight-loss program and instructed one group to eat only whole grains for their grain servings and the other group to choose only refined grains (and avoid whole grains entirely), the whole-grain eaters melted significantly more abdominal fat. [custom_adv] While the fiber in whole grains may deserve some of the credit, researchers note that whole grains are rich in magnesium, a mineral instrumental in regulating fat metabolism.